زنبيل zambīl P s. f. 1. A basket. 2. A purse, a wallet. (Adopted in Arab. plur. زنابيل).

زعفران zaﻌfarān A s. f. Saffron. (Hence Ital. zafferano).

زيان ziyān P s. m. Hurt, harm, injury, mischief, detriment, damage, deficiency, loss. زيان کار ziyān-ḳār, adj. Doing mischief, mischievous, hurtful, injurious. زيان کاري ziyān-kār-ī, s. f. The doing mischief, the occasioning of loss or damage, hurtfulness, mischievousness. زيان کرنا ziyān karnā, To cause the harm, hurt, injury, damage, &c. (of), to injure, &c.

زنگوله zangūla P s. m. A little bell, the small bells on a tambourin, a cymbal.

زاد zād P m. part. pass. (from زادن) used in compos. Born; (sub- stantively) A son, a child; as, آدمي زاد ādmī-zād, A man, born of man; پري زاد parī-zād, Born of an angel or fairy, a beautiful woman; شـﮩزاده shah-zāda, A prince; شـﮩزادي shah-zādī, A princess. زاد بوم zād- būm, Native land, native place.

زنبوره ẕambūra P s. m. 1. A hornet, large bee. 2. The point of a musical stringed instrument called in Hindī کنگري. 3. A small gun. زنبورچي zambūr-chī, A fusileer.

زمره zumra A (from زمر Heb. To sing, to play on a flute, &c.: and, perhaps, so named from its buzzing noise) s. m. A troop, a group, crowd, multitude.

زال zāl P 1. adj. Old, decrepit, grey-haired (man or woman). 2. n. prop. (or زال زر) The name of the father of Rustam, and son of Sām, son of Narīmān. He was called زال زر (zāl-i-zar) because he came into the world with white hair, and a red countenance; the former like that of an old man, the latter of golden hue.

زا zā P in compos. for زاده zāda, Born; son.

زين zain A s. Ornament, adorning.